Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black holds the record of winning maximum Filmfare Awards ever. It picked up 11 Filmfare Awards at the 51st Fair One Filmfare Awards, which are as follows:

Best Film – Black

Best Director – Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan

Best Actress – Rani Mukerjee

Best Supporting Actress – Ayesha Kapur

Critics Award for Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan

Critics Award for Best Actress – Rani Mukherjee

Critics Award for Best Film – Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Best Cinematography - Ravi K Chandran

Best Background Score – Monty

Best Editing – Bela Sehgal

Black is followed by Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge which held the record of winning 10 awards from 1996 till 2005. The record was earlier held by Madhumati (which had won 9 Filmfare Awards) from 1958 till 1996 i.e., for almost 38 years.

More about the Filmfare Awards won by Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge and Madhumati in my next postings.